Sentences with phrase «tidewater gobies»
To assess whether the southern group is a species in its own right, the authors of this study examined more than 145 museum specimens of tidewater gobies from throughout their range.
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SEPARATE SPECIES California's southern tidewater goby (above) has several physical and genetic differences that distinguish it from the northern tidewater goby (shown below).
Southern tidewater goby has only been found in three lagoons in San Diego County, making this new species critically endangered, and the researchers call for conservation actions to prevent possible extinction as the habitat is threatened by California's drought.
An endangered fish along the coast of California — the tidewater goby — may actually be two species rather than one, according a study published July 27, 2016 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Camm Swift from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, US, and colleagues.
The tidewater goby lives in coastal lagoons and is threatened by coastal development and drought.
«Morphology suggests an endangered goby in southern California is a new species: Southern tidewater goby, Eucyclogobius kristinae, exists only in three small lagoons, may be in danger of extinction.»
Based on differences in mitochondrial DNA and morphological differences, the researchers found that the Southern tidewater goby is a new species they've named Eucyclogobius kristinae.